#CC495E#CC495E

#CC495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.166 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC495E
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 53.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 53.33, 16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 55.77, 17.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1606 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.166 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3073, 18.4144, 12.5985)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC495E #49CCB7

analogous

#CC499F #CC495E #CC7649

triadic

#CC495E #5ECC49 #495ECC

tetradic

#CC495E #9FCC49 #49CCB7 #7649CC

square

#CC495E #9FCC49 #49CCB7 #7649CC

split-complementary

#CC495E #49CC76 #499FCC

monochromatic

#792230 #A92F43 #CC495E #D97988 #E7A9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CC495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CC495E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC495E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC495E	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.166 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1838b',
    500: '#cc495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc495e;
$custom-light: #e1838b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.382,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58971,
    "c": 0.16579,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC495E

secondary

#9DD4CB

accent

#E0C748

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC495E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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